Latin America and the Caribbean at a Crossroads: What Agenda and Role for the Inter-American Development Bank?

1.0MDB Reform Acceleratorhttps://mdbreformaccelerator.cgdev.orgRakan Aboneaajhttps://mdbreformaccelerator.cgdev.org/author/raboneaaj/Latin America and the Caribbean at a Crossroads: What Agenda and Role for the Inter-American Development Bank? - MDB Reform Acceleratorrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="5kZiiSCBaQ"><a href="https://mdbreformaccelerator.cgdev.org/latin-america-and-the-caribbean-at-a-crossroads-what-agenda-and-role-for-the-inter-american-development-bank/">Latin America and the Caribbean at a Crossroads: What Agenda and Role for the Inter-American Development Bank?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://mdbreformaccelerator.cgdev.org/latin-america-and-the-caribbean-at-a-crossroads-what-agenda-and-role-for-the-inter-american-development-bank/embed/#?secret=5kZiiSCBaQ" width="600" height="338" title="“Latin America and the Caribbean at a Crossroads: What Agenda and Role for the Inter-American Development Bank?” — MDB Reform Accelerator" data-secret="5kZiiSCBaQ" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,l){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(l.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<i.length;o++)if(r=i[o],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=l.createElement("a"),a=l.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,a.host===s.host)if(l.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> https://mdbreformaccelerator.cgdev.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/cgdev-event-cards_0.png1000600COVID-19 and related economic shocks have had important but heterogeneous impact across the Latin American and Caribbean region, which also faces elevated climate risks, increasing rates of poverty, declining life expectancy in some countries, and unprecedented rates of crime and violence. The International Monetary Fund now forecasts average growth of 1.7% in 2023 with high levels of inflation.